GSC Live! RETAIL MANUAL (DESKTOP)

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1 GSC Live! RETAIL MANUAL (DESKTOP) The first spot deliverable Gold, Silver & Platinum physically backed trading platform in Singapore GoldSilver Central Pte. Ltd.

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Desktop Application Guide Downloading GSC Live! Setting up your GSC Live! Account on MetaTrader 4 User Interface Market Execution: Order Types & How to Place them Trade Management: Modifying Positions & Closing Executed Order

DOWNLOADING GSC Live! (DESKTOP) To download our GSC Live! for Desktop, please head over to our dedicated GSC Live! webpage at www.goldsilvercentral.com.

3 DOWNLOADING GSC Live! (DESKTOP) To download our GSC Live! for Desktop, please head over to our dedicated GSC Live! webpage at and scroll down until you see the section for Downloading GSC Live! For Desktop. Click on the Download Desktop Application button on the website and you will be prompted to download goldsilvercentral4setup.exe. After downloading, double click on goldsilvercentral4setup.exe to install GSC Live! on your desktop.

DOWNLOADING GSC Live! (DESKTOP) Installation Guide 1.

instructions to install GSC Live! on your desktop. 2.

4 DOWNLOADING GSC Live! (DESKTOP) Installation Guide 1. When you double click on goldsilvercentral4setup.exe, the installation will pop up. Agree with the license agreement and follow the instructions to install GSC Live! on your desktop. 2. You will see GSC Live! application icon on your desktop. Double click on the icon to launch the GSC Live! platform.

5 SETTING UP YOUR GSC Live! ACCOUNT On MetaTrader 4 1. Once you have launched the GSC Live! platform, you will see a window pop up prompting you to select the trading server. For Demo GoldSilverCentral-Demo. For GSC Live! GoldSilverCentral-Live. Once you have selected your trading server, please click on the Next > button.

6 SETTING UP YOUR GSC Live! ACCOUNT On MetaTrader 4 2. You will then be prompted to key in your login and password. Input your username (4-digits) and password provided to you by our GSC Live! team and click on the Finish button. Congratulations! You are now logged into GSC Live!

7 USER INTERFACE Overview of Components Don t see any charts appearing on your screen after logging into the GSC Live! platform? Don t worry, we will address this in the next section User Interface 1. Market Watch 2. Viewing Charts 3. Terminal

8 USER INTERFACE Component - 1. Market Watch 1. The Market Watch window contains the symbol list available to you. The shortcut for this window is Ctrl+M, or you can click on View-Market Watch in the menu bar. Fields in Grey are non-tradable contracts and are only for reference. Fields in Black are tradable contracts. In Market Watch, you can control trade positions and charts. You can see the Contract Name, Bid Price and Ask Price. To quickly view charts from the Market Watch, you can click on the symbol and drag it to an existing window to view the chart for the selected symbol.

9 USER INTERFACE Component - 1. Market Watch 2. When you right click in the Market Watch Window, the context menu will pop up with a list of commands. Some commonly used commands are: New Order - You can open a New Order window to place a market or pending order for the chosen symbol. Additionally, you can configure the Stop Loss and Take Profit Levels. This will be covered further in Market Execution: Order Types & How to Place them section. Chart Window - You can open the chart of your desired symbol and perform actions such as Technical Analysis. Show All - You can see the full list of symbols available on GSC Live! Popup Prices - You can see a clearer view of the market watch with popup prices

10 USER INTERFACE Component - 2. Viewing Charts 1. The charts on GSC Live! displays the price changes of the selected symbol with time. With the charts here, you can customize and implement your desired indicators for technical analysis purposes. To open a new chart, you can choose of the following: - From the top menu, click on File and select New Chart. - Click on the following icon seen in the Standard toolbar: - Drag and Drop the your desired symbol from your Market Watch window to your workspace.

various charts, you are able to input indicators into the charts.

11 USER INTERFACE Component - 2. Viewing Charts 2. There are 3 types of Charts Available: Bar Chart Candlesticks Line Chart For the various charts, you are able to input indicators into the charts. Indicators are mathematical manipulations with price and/or volumes of a symbol in order to get a good sense of future changes.

Timeframe - You can select different timeframes such as 1 minute, 1 hour, 1 week and more.

12 USER INTERFACE Component - 2. Viewing Charts 3. When you click with the right mouse button, it will open the context menu commands. Some commonly used commands are: Indicators List - You can see and add the list of technical indicators to the chart window. Timeframe - You can select different timeframes such as 1 minute, 1 hour, 1 week and more. Properties - Clicking on this calls out the charts setup window (shortcut - F8). This allows you to customize the appearance and set the properties of each chart such as the color of the background, foreground, bull candle, bear candle and more.

13 USER INTERFACE Component - 2. Viewing Charts 3. Moving Average Indicator You can use Technical Indicators in your charts as mentioned in point 1. Indicators here are divided into 2 groups according to their functionalities - Trend Indicators and Oscillators. Commodity Channel Index (CCI) Moving Average Convergence Divergence (CCI) You can impose indicators into the chart using the following methods: -Drag and Drop your indicator from the Navigator window to the chart. -From the top menu, click on Insert and select Indicators. - Click on the following icon seen in the Standard toolbar: Indicators can be imposed directly into the price charts such as Moving Average or it can be opened in a separate indicator window with a specific vertical scale such as MACD.

14 USER INTERFACE Component - 3. Terminal 1. Through the terminal, you can control trading activities, view news, account history, set up alerts and more. Here are the ways to open up your Terminal Window: - From the top menu, click on View and select Terminal. - Click on the following icon seen in the Standard toolbar: You will see the following tabs in the Terminal Window: Trade, Exposure, Account History and more. Some commonly used tabs are: Trade - You can view statuses of your open positions & pending orders and manage all trading activities. Your Balance, Equity and Margin can be seen in this tab. Exposure - This tab shows a summary of your state of assets by all open positions.

15 MARKET EXECUTION Order Types & How to Place Them You can perform the following Order Types on the GSC Live! platform: 1 2 Market Order When you execute Market Orders, this results in opening up a trade position. Contracts available here are bought at ASK price from GoldSilver Central and sold at BID price to GoldSilver Central. You can attach Stop Loss & Take Profit to a market order. Pending Order When you set a Pending Order, your trade will be executed once the contract price reaches your pre-defined level. There are 4 types of Pending Orders you can make: Buy/Sell Limit Buy/Sell Stop Stop Loss Take Profit

MARKET EXECUTION Placing a Market Order You can open a New Order Window via the following ways: - From the top menu, click on Tools and select New Order.

16 MARKET EXECUTION Placing a Market Order You can open a New Order Window via the following ways: - From the top menu, click on Tools and select New Order. - Click on the following icon seen in the Standard toolbar: - Press F9 on your keyboard. - Doubleclick on contract name in Market Watch window. The Process 1. Choose your Symbol/Contract 2. Specify the No. of Lots (Trade Volume) 3. Specify your Stop Loss & Take Profit Levels (Optional) 4. Choose Market Execution under Type 5. Select Sell by Market or Buy by Market Upon confirmation, you will see the result of the Market Execution - if it s a successful trade done or if there s an error with the execution. Please see the next page for reference.

window by pressing F10 button. 1. Doubleclick on the contract 2.

17 MARKET EXECUTION Placing a Market Order Success! Another common method of placing a Market Order is via the Popup Price window by pressing F10 button. 1. Doubleclick on the contract 2. The New Order Window will appear 3. Upon the success of your order execution, the confirmation will appear.

18 MARKET EXECUTION Placing a Pending Order To place a Pending Order, open up the same New Order window as indicated in the previous section Placing a Market Order You can place the following types of Pending Orders: Buy Limit If you feel that prices will reverse when it drops to a certain price level, then place a Buy Limit. This means that a buy trade will be executed at a price BELOW the current spot price. EG: If the current price is 1120, your buy limit could be placed at Sell Limit If you feel that prices will reverse when it goes up to a certain price level, then place a Sell Limit. This means that a sell trade will be executed at a price ABOVE the current spot price. EG: If the current price is 1120, your sell limit could be placed at Buy Stop If you feel that prices will go up to a certain price level, and you would like to execute a trade at that price level, then place a Buy Stop. This means that a buy trade will be executed at a price ABOVE the current spot price. EG: If the current price is 1120, your buy stop could be placed at Sell Stop If you feel that prices will drop and reach a certain price level, and you want to execute a trade at that price level, then place a Sell Stop. This means that a sell trade will be executed at a price BELOW the current spot price. EG: If the current price is 1120, your sell stop will be placed at Curious to understand the rational behind Buy Stop and Sell Stop and how to use it? Contact us at or us at enquiry@goldsilvercentral.com.sg to know how to benefit from the indicators!

MARKET EXECUTION Placing a Pending Order 2 6 5 7 3 4 1 8 The Process 1. Choose your Symbol/Contract 2. Specify the No. of Lots (Trade Volume) 3.

In the Pending Order Sub Window, select either Buy Limit or Sell Limit or Buy Stop or Sell Stop under Type. 6.

19 MARKET EXECUTION Placing a Pending Order The Process 1. Choose your Symbol/Contract 2. Specify the No. of Lots (Trade Volume) 3. Optional: Specify your Stop Loss & Take Profit Levels 4. Choose Pending Order under Type 5. In the Pending Order Sub Window, select either Buy Limit or Sell Limit or Buy Stop or Sell Stop under Type. 6. Set your desired price level in which the order will trigger. 7. Optional: You can set the expiry time of the order. (The pending order will be cancelled if it is not executed by the expiry time) 8. Click on the Place button to submit the Pending Order.

TRADE MANAGEMENT Closing Executed Orders To close your executed open position, open up the Terminal Window and click on Trade tab. Double-click on the order you wish to close. The Process 1.

20 TRADE MANAGEMENT Closing Executed Orders To close your executed open position, open up the Terminal Window and click on Trade tab. Double-click on the order you wish to close. The Process 1. Ensure the Symbol/Contract is correct 2. Ensure the No. of Lots (Trade Volume) is correct 4. Choose Market Execution under Type 5. Click on the Close #ordernumber details by Market yellow button.

TRADE MANAGEMENT Closing Executed Orders When your closed order execution is confirmed, you will see a success message that the order has been closed. Closed!

21 TRADE MANAGEMENT Closing Executed Orders When your closed order execution is confirmed, you will see a success message that the order has been closed. Closed! Taking Physical Delivery Please take note that if you would like to take Physical Delivery of your Gold, Silver or Platinum from your GSC Live! account, DO NOT CLOSE your executed order. Contact the GSC Live! team via or to gsclive@goldsilvercentral.com.sg. Our premiums to top up for our recommended bullion list can be viewed in our GSC Live! customer agreement or in the next page.

22 TRADE MANAGEMENT Taking Physical Delivery - Recommended Delivery List Metal Type Recommended Delivery Size and Type Silver Premium Top Up Per Piece (SGD) Premium Top Up Per Piece (USD) Gold Silver oz Gold Bar or Gold Coin oz Silver Bar, 100oz Silver Bar Perth Mint Lunar Silver Coin 5oz S$ 38 US$ 29 Platinum oz Platinum Bar or Platinum Coin Royal Canadian Mint 10oz Silver Bar S$ 30 US$ 22 Gold Premium Top Up Per Piece (SGD) Premium Top Up Per Piece (USD) Royal Canadian Mint/ Perth Mint/ Johnson Matthey Bar Silver 100oz S$ 170 US$ 125 Canadian Maple Leaf/ Australian Kangaroo Gold Coin 1/10oz S$ 45 US$ 33 Platinum Premium Top Up Per Piece (SGD) Premium Top Up Per Piece (USD) Canadian Maple Leaf/ Australian Kangaroo Gold Coin 1oz S$ 60 US$ 45 Canadian Maple Leaf Platinum Coin 1/10oz S$ 75 US$ 55 Royal Canadian Mint/ Perth Mint/ Pamp Suisse 1oz S$ 55 US$ 42 Canadian Maple Leaf Platinum Coin 1oz S$ 110 US$ 80 *Premiums updated as of 18 September 2018 Valcambi Platinum Bar 1oz S$ 70 US$ 52

TRADE MANAGEMENT Implementing Trailing Stop to Order A Trailing Stop function can be implemented to reduce losses in an event when the price of your order moves in an unfavorable direction.

23 TRADE MANAGEMENT Implementing Trailing Stop to Order A Trailing Stop function can be implemented to reduce losses in an event when the price of your order moves in an unfavorable direction. It automatically adjusts to the current market price of the Symbol/Contract, hence providing you with more flexibility and control to profit or to limit losses. To attached a Trailing Stop to your Order, right click on your open position in the chart and hover to Trailing Stop and select the number of points. Please note that 10 points refers to 1 pip, 20 points refers to 2 pips. Please take note that a Trailing Stop can only be used when your GSC Live! program is running. If your GSC Live! program is closed, the Trailing Stop will not be activated. Curious to know what does pips refer to? Contact us at or us at enquiry@goldsilvercentral.com.sg and we will be happy to explain the terms to you!

TRADE MANAGEMENT Modifying Levels of Stop Loss or Take Profit on Positions You can modify and set new levels of Stop Loss or Take Profit on your current positions Double click on your opened position

24 TRADE MANAGEMENT Modifying Levels of Stop Loss or Take Profit on Positions You can modify and set new levels of Stop Loss or Take Profit on your current positions Double click on your opened position in the Terminal window to open up the opened position context menu. Select Modify Order under the Type Field. Set the points in the Level Field and click on the Copy as button. Press on the Modify button to submit your modification. Once the trade position has been modified, the new values in the fields of S/L and T/P will be reflected.

25 To find out more about GSC Live! and how to fully utilize its benefits, please contact us at or us at GoldSilver Central Pte. Ltd. UEN: N 3 Pickering Street #01-15/16 Nankin Row Singapore T : (65) F: (65) E : enquiry@goldsilvercentral.com.sg Retail Opening Hours: Mon - Fri : 10am pm Sat : 10am pm

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